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Plain Text Editor Help

You can edit articles on ShopWiki in two ways: through the ''Rich Text'' Editor or the ''Plain Text'' Editor. This article explains how to author wiki text using the plain text editor. When you edit a wiki page, you can use the general ''wiki markup language''. This is a syntax used by most wikis to enter documents in a rich format. Some of the basics of our wiki markup language are listed below. You can also look at Wikipedia's markup page to see some further documentation Shopwiki's syntax is not exactly the same, but it's close. Clicking buttons on the tool bar in the Plain Text Editor will insert the formatting for most of the functions. Below is a brief explanation of the wiki markup language.

Headings

Top level headings (Header 2 or H2) look like this.

* Use

two equal signs

for a top level heading. These must appear at the very start of a line.

Header 3 (H3) looks like this.

* Use

three equal signs

for the H3 level of heading.

Header 4 (H4) looks like this.

* Use

four equal signs

for the H4 level of heading.

Dividing Text

Use (four dashes) at the beginning of a line to insert a horizonal rule.A horizontal rule looks like this: Two new lines in a row indicates the start of a new paragraph. ! Use an exclamation mark at start of line to force a line break but without all the extra vertical line space a true end of paragraph generates.

Formatting Text

* To put text in ''italics'', put two single quotes on either side of it: ''italics''. * To put text in '''bold''', put three single quotes on either side of it:'''bold'''. * To put text in '''''italics and bold''''', put five single quotes on either side of it:'''''italics and bold'''''. * To generate a bulletted list of items, put an asterisk before each item in the list. For example, * list item 1 !* list item 2 !* list item 3 generates a list that looks like this: * list item 1 * list item 2 * list item 3 * To create a list with multiple levels of indentation, add an asterisk for each level of indentation: * top level !** second level of indentation !***third level of indentation * top level ** second level of indentation *** third level of indentation * To create a numbered list, use number signs: # numbered !# list !# of !# items # numbered # list # of # items * To center text, place < center > tags around it like so: Text you want to center.
Text you want to center.
* To indent text, put a colon at the start of the line. : Indented text : Indented text * Use the sort tag to sort a list of items. The items are sorted in the presentation but remain in their original order in the edit box. A sort tag looks like this: < sort > You may place comments in your wiki text for other editors/authors of wiki comment to read later. These only display on the Edit page. Place these notes inside tags. Tags are these things: < > Whenever you want to end a wiki function, you must give that direction in the wiki language. For example, to end the sort function you would add at the end of the list you want to sort.

Links

You can link one or a few words to specific buying guide on ShopWiki, a ShopWiki search or an outside Web page. When linking to a specific ShopWiki page, use the double brackets to note the page you want to go to. Examples: : :Help :Help : Jason's Page Jason's Page

Search Links

To link to a ShopWiki search page, use the syntax Search:''query'' where ''query'' is the search to perform. Examples: : mac mini : Search for the product Mac Mini related products : [[Search:mac mini|]] looks like this mac mini

Product Links

To link directly to a ShopWiki product detail page, use the syntax Product:''title'' where ''title'' is the title/description of the product. Examples: : Product:Jolt Caffeine Gum : Go directly to Jolt gum : [[Product:Jolt Caffeine Gum|]]

Images

Use a tag of the form to insert a product image into a wiki article. This will automatically embed an appropriate image into the page taken from the shopwiki search engine. ! For external images, use to insert a graphic from another site. ! Unless specified, all images are scaled to a common size for consistency. ! Image syntax: where: * url = URL to the image. URL must begin with http:// * width = '''Optional''' parameter that specifies the size in pixels that the image will be scaled to. If the image is smaller than the specified size, an extra space will be added to the image to fit the requested size. Width values are expressed like 100px (for a 100x100 image). The '''px''' must be appended to the size. To use the actual size of the image, use the '''truesize''' parameter. * search string = '''Optional''' parameter that specifies the product search to perform when the caption is clicked. If you do not write a caption, there will be no search link. * caption = '''Optional''' parameter that specifies a caption to be displayed below the image. * noborder: '''Optional''' parameter to not show a border around the image. * right: '''Optional''' parameter to align the image to the right of the article. '''External Image Examples:''' : Basic: : Specific Size:

Templates

Templates are specialized wiki markup blocks that allow users to create complex layouts with a common look. See the Templates article for more information.
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